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Deal-Breaking FCPX Issues. Is My Info Inaccurate?
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[Lillian Young] “in 10.0.9, you have to select the clips and create a Storyline to secondary clips to create a transition.”
You may not have 10.0.9 because FCPX will absolutely create a secondary storyline for you if you simply select the edge of a connected clip and hit CMD+T (add default transition).
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Lillian Young] “I just thought of something, Craig. A lot of the tutorials I have watched are dated by year or version.
That may explain why I am aloof on some features despite all of the tutorials I’ve watched.
“Apple’s been very aggressive with feature updates. Rippled is very good at coming out with updated tutorials. 10.1 requires a new tutorial purchase.
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I have FCP X 10.0.9 open right now. I learned the prior way from an older tutorial, so thanks for the correction.
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[Richard Herd] “it’d be nice if there was a dynamic link between X and AE. “
Clip exporter still works great.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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[Richard Herd] “I’m not sure the best workflow (currently) for X into AE”
FCPXML -> Xto7 -> Save XML -> Ae -> File-Import-Pro Import After Effects
It’s not Dynamic Link, but I use it often with great success.
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[Richard Herd] “Slight disagreement, here. For me, I use quite a bit of AE in a sizzle reel. I’m not sure the best workflow (currently) for X into AE; it’d be nice if there was a dynamic link between X and AE. “
IMO dynamic linking is overrated. It may be good for simple things, but often you will want to keep track of multiple revisions, and it’s just much easier to keep rendering into a folder. Also, you’ll have to render ALL THE TIME when you bump out new versions. What about when you go to another house for color grading? You’ll have to render them out anyway.
Another thing people don’t realize is it can be bad when you archive a project. What if years down the line you need to open up the project, but the newest version of AE does something weird to those old comps (not to mention updated plugins)? If it’s already rendered, you’ll have them.
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To me Fast turnaraound ist the stuff that needs to get done really quickly, and sometimes footage needs to be cut in at the last moment, even half an hour before going online. This would be te case for Start-News Magazines. A four minute piece needs to be done in 4 – 5 hours, then another hour for sound.
When I do commercials I get at least 8 hours to cut a one minute clip. And for higher end TV a 15 min piece takes about 5 days, sometime more so times less depending on the complexity.
Of course everything needs to get done quickly, but there still are differences between certain types of projects and clients.
Personally I prefer using FCPX for all the types of formats I’ve done sofar, wether its feature documentary or experiemental, musicvideos or short commercials, whatever. It has made everything I do work faster and smoother.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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[Howard Duy Vu] “IMO dynamic linking is overrated. It may be good for simple things, but often you will want to keep track of multiple revisions, and it’s just much easier to keep rendering into a folder. Also, you’ll have to render ALL THE TIME when you bump out new versions. What about when you go to another house for color grading? You’ll have to render them out anyway.
Another thing people don’t realize is it can be bad when you archive a project. What if years down the line you need to open up the project, but the newest version of AE does something weird to those old comps (not to mention updated plugins)? If it’s already rendered, you’ll have them.”
First, when you, Howard, write “you” referring to me, I’m not sure what you, Howard, are talking about.
I don’t have any of the issues you, Howard, mentioned:
— keeping track of multiple versions
— rendering all the time bumping out new versions
— going elsewhere for color grading
— archiving
— years down the road
— old comps in new AE.Again: I, Richard, have had no problem with any of these things.
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Okay, all. I have learned that some of the things I initially stated were accurate. The ‘timeline,’ for example. You can click a clip from the event browser and select Open In Timeline. Hence, the term isn’t fully eliminated.
I can go on but thanks to this forum, I have decided to give X another chance. I still feel that there are a bunch of workarounds for things that should be more straightforward, so convincing a team to use this may be challenging.
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